In the present study, the relationship between the development of activity-stress (A-S) ulcer and the behavioral and physical changes of rats with the A-S paradigm was investigated. We applied the endoscopic technique to establish the A-S ulcer as a model for studying the therapeutic or healing process of ulcers. Male and female rats were subjected to daily 1 hr feeding in the light (L)-phase (...

Previous experience seems to be an important predictor for endurance and ultra-endurance performance. The present study investigated whether the number of previously completed races and/or the personal best times in shorter races is more predictive for performance in longer non-stop ultra-triathlons such as a Deca Iron ultra-triathlon. All female and male ultra-triathletes who had finished betw...

Large number of taxicabs in major metropolitan cities are now equipped with a GPS device. Since taxis are on the road nearly twenty four hours a day (with drivers changing shifts), they can now act as reliable sensors to monitor the behavior of traffic. In this paper we use GPS data from taxis to monitor the emergence of unexpected behavior in the Beijing metropolitan area. We adapt likelihood ...

Triathlon is a multisport event consisting of sequential swim, cycle, and run disciplines performed over a variety of distances. This complex and unique sport requires athletes to appropriately distribute their speed or energy expenditure (ie, pacing) within each discipline as well as over the entire event. As with most physical activity, the regulation of pacing in triathlon may be influenced ...

We study the two-loop renormalization group equation for the running gaugino mass in the supersymmetric gauge theory. We find that both in the MS and DR renormalization schemes, the well-known proportionality of the runnings of the gaugino mass and the gauge coupling constant is violated at the two-loop order, even in models with vector supermultiplets only. Scheme dependence of the running gau...

A large scale analysis of gene expression data, performed by Segal and colleagues, identified sets of genes named Cancer Modules (CMs), involved in the onset and progression of cancer. By using functional interaction network data derived from different sources of biomolecular information, we show that random walks and label propagation algorithms are able to correctly rank genes with respect to...

Mammalian Per1 and Per2 genes are involved in the mechanism of the circadian clock and are inducible by light. A light pulse can evoke a change in the onset of wheel-running activity in mice by shifting the onset of activity to earlier times (phase advance) or later times (phase delays) thereby advancing or delaying the clock (clock resetting). To assess the role of mouse Per (mPer) genes in ci...

An outstanding unresolved issue in chronobiology is how the level of locomotor activity influences length of the free-running, endogenous circadian period (tau). To address this issue, the authors studied a novel model, 4 replicate lines of laboratory house mice (Mus domesticus) that had been selectively bred for high wheel-running activity (S) and their 4 unselected control (C) lines. Previous...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to define predictor variables for recreational male Ironman triathletes, using age and basic measurements of anthropometry, training, and previous performance to establish an equation for the prediction of an Ironman race time for future recreational male Ironman triathletes. METHODS Age and anthropometry, training, and previous experience variables we...